douglass

• Nom propre associé à Frederick Douglass, éminent réformateur social américain, abolitionniste, orateur, écrivain et homme d'État qui s'échappa de l'esclavage et devint une voix majeure du mouvement abolitionniste au XIXe siècle.

A proper noun referring to a prominent American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who escaped from slavery and became a leading voice for the abolitionist movement in the 19th century.

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1. Frederick DouglassB2formalamerican

   An American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who escaped from slavery and became a leading voice for the abolition of slavery and civil rights in the 19th century.

   Frederick Douglass

   • Frederick Douglass delivered his famous speech 'What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?' in 1852.
   • Douglass wrote several autobiographies detailing his life in bondage and his escape to freedom.
   • He was a prominent advisor to President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.